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France adopts law upholding ban on controversial insecticideParis (AFP) Aug 12, 2025 French President Emmanuel Macron has signed into law a controversial bill that bars the reintroduction of a bee-killing pesticide following a groundswell of public opposition. ... more  
Over half of Europe and Mediterranean basin hit by drought since AprilParis (AFP) Aug 12, 2025 More than half (52 percent) of Europe and the Mediterranean basin was hit by drought in July for the fourth consecutive month, according to an AFP analysis of European Drought Observatory (EDO) data. ... more  
Talks for landmark plastic pollution treaty grind onGeneva (AFP) Aug 11, 2025 Talks on sealing a landmark treaty to tackle the global scourge of plastic pollution were still stuck in second gear on Monday, with time running out to bridge the chasm between the most ambitious countries and oil-producing states. ... more  
Scientists find 74-million-year-old mammal fossil in ChileSantiago (AFP) Aug 12, 2025 Scientists have discovered the fossil of a tiny mouse-sized mammal that lived in the time of the dinosaurs in Chilean Patagonia. ... more |
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Typhoon Podul pummels TaiwanKaohsiung, Taiwan (AFP) Aug 13, 2025 /> Typhoon Podul pounded Taiwan on Wednesday, shutting down businesses in the south, grounding hundreds of flights and knocking out power for tens of thousands of households. Wind gusts of up t ... more 
Toll of India Himalayan flood likely to be at least 70New Delhi (AFP) Aug 12, 2025 Indian officials say at least 68 people are unaccounted for a week after a deadly wall of icy water swept away a Himalayan town and buried it in mud. ... more  
Three killed in European wildfires as heatwave intensifiesMadrid (AFP) Aug 12, 2025 Three men died and thousands were forced from their homes on Tuesday as wildfires fuelled by a heatwave scorched southern Europe. ... more  
Report: Pentagon plans call for U.S. troops to put down civil unrestWashington DC (UPI) Aug 12, 2025 Hundreds of National Guard troops might be stationed in two states and serve as a quick reaction force that could respond to riots and other civil unrest in U.S. cities. ... more |
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Australia hails breakthrough in Vanuatu security talksSydney (AFP) Aug 13, 2025 Australia on Wednesday hailed a breakthrough in efforts to sign a security agreement with Vanuatu, a deal that could dilute China's influence in the Pacific island nation. ... more |
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Solomon Islands bars China and Taiwan from top Pacific summitWellington (AFP) Aug 8, 2025 Pacific nation Solomon Islands has said it would exclude non-member nations from a key regional summit in September, a group that includes China, Taiwan and the United States. ... more 
Promise less, act more: Host Brazil's climate summit vowParis (AFP) Aug 12, 2025 Ahead of the first UN climate summit in the Amazon, its president has defended the choice of Belem to host the conference where scarce affordable accomodation could exclude the very people Brazil says it wants to bring into the heart of the debate. ... more 
Zambia rejects claims of toxins after Feb mine spill; Over 600 pilgrims sick from Iraq chlorine gas leakLusaka (AFP) Aug 7, 2025 The Zambian government rejected as alarmist Thursday US government claims that dangerous pollution remained after a copper dam spill six months ago, saying there was no need to cause panic. ... more 
Canada says 'disappointed' at new China canola dutiesOttawa (AFP) Aug 13, 2025 Canada said Tuesday it was "deeply disappointed" with China's decision to impose a temporary tax on Canadian canola, after Beijing said it had preliminarily concluded that Ottawa was dumping the crop onto its market. ... more |
 
Italy's defence minister says Israel has 'lost humanity' on GazaRome (AFP) Aug 11, 2025 Italy's defence minister said in an interview published Monday that Israel's government had "lost its reason and humanity" over Gaza and signalled an openness to potential sanctions. ... more  |
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Japan urges evacuations after rains leave several missingTokyo (AFP) Aug 11, 2025 Japanese authorities on Monday urged residents to evacuate their homes after heavy rains unleashed floods and landslides in the country's southwest, leaving several people missing. ... more  
Stressed out: how to measure dangerous heatParis (AFP) Aug 11, 2025 As Europe and North America endure or brace for yet another wave of sweltering heat and out-of-control wildfires this summer, experts are sounding the alarm over heat stress. ... more 
Italy's Mount Vesuvius closed to tourists as wildfire rages; 'Challenging day' for firefighters battling huge blaze in FranceRome (AFP) Aug 10, 2025 Italian firefighters on Sunday tackled a wildfire on the flanks of Mount Vesuvius, with all hiking routes up the volcano near Naples closed to tourists. ... more  
Malnutrition in Sudan's El-Fasher kills 63 in a week: health officialPort Sudan, Sudan (AFP) Aug 10, 2025 Malnutrition has killed 63 people, mostly women and children, in just one week in Sudan's besieged city of El-Fasher, a senior health official said Sunday, as fighting between the army and rival paramilitaries intensifies in the western region. ... more |
Nigerian scientists await return of Egusi seeds sent to spaceAbuja (AFP) Aug 8, 2025 If Earthlings are ever going to colonise Mars, they won't be able to do so on an empty stomach - and Temidayo Oniosun thinks a helping of Egusi soup, a Nigerian staple, might just hit the spot. ... more 
Fossil discoveries in southern Africa reveal life before catastrophic Permian extinctionSeattle WA (SPX) Aug 13, 2025 An international research team has spent more than 15 years unearthing fossils across southern Africa to better understand life in the Permian period, which began 299 million years ago and ended 252 ... more  
Do you want to freeze a cloud? Desert dust might helpZurich, Switzerland (SPX) Aug 05, 2025 A new study shows that natural dust particles, swirling in from faraway deserts can trigger freezing of clouds in Earth's Northern Hemisphere. This subtle mechanism influences how much sunlight clou ... more 
ICEYE introduces Scan Wide mode to enhance SAR satellite imaging capacityLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 13, 2025 ICEYE has launched its latest Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imaging mode, Scan Wide, delivering the largest scene coverage in its portfolio. With this mode, users can capture up to 60,000 km in a s ... more |
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SMOS mission reveals 15-year global forest carbon storage trendsParis, France (SPX) Aug 05, 2025 Data from ESA's Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) satellite mission is shedding new light on the global carbon cycle by enabling scientists to track how much carbon is stored in forest biomass ... more 
Indian Private Space Consortium to Build First National Earth Observation Satellite NetworkTokyo, Japan (SPX) Aug 13, 2025 In a milestone for India's space sector, a private consortium will design, deploy, and operate the nation's first Earth Observation Satellite System (EOSS). The planned 12-satellite network will be ... more  
Cold climate origins of primates challenge long held tropical forest theoryLondon, UK (SPX) Aug 06, 2025 Primates may have first emerged in chilly, seasonal environments around 66 million years ago rather than in warm tropical forests, according to new research from the University of Reading. Usi ... more 
Scrumped fruit shaped ape evolution and human fondness for alcoholLondon, UK (SPX) Aug 01, 2025 New findings from the University of St Andrews and Dartmouth College highlight how the habit of consuming fallen, fermented fruit-known as scrumping-has played a central role in great ape behavior a ... more |
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Carbon 'offsets' aren't working. Here's a way to improve nature-based climate solutionsSalt Lake City, UT (SPX) Aug 01, 2025 A lot of the climate-altering carbon pollution we humans release into the atmosphere by burning fossil fuels gets drawn into Earth's oceans and landscapes through natural processes, mostly through p ... more |
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Liverwort gene discovery reveals ancient mechanism behind plant reproductive growthTokyo, Japan (SPX) Aug 01, 2025 Kobe University researchers have uncovered the genetic basis behind vegetative and sexual reproduction in liverworts, potentially offering insights into increasing crop yields and enabling space-bas ... more 
Potato traces its ancient roots to tomato hybridizationTokyo, Japan (SPX) Aug 01, 2025 An international team of scientists has traced the evolutionary origin of the modern potato to a natural hybridization event between wild tomato relatives and Etuberosum species in South America rou ... more 
Organic molecules help soil store water even in desertlike conditionsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 13, 2025 Northwestern University researchers have identified the nanoscale processes that allow organic matter to enhance soil's ability to hold water, even in extremely arid environments. The team fou ... more 
Earthquake alert system shows strong promise across AlaskaLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 06, 2025 For many earthquake scenarios in Alaska, an early warning system could deliver at least 10 seconds of advance notice before hazardous shaking begins, according to researchers at the University of Al ... more |
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